Beyond Kailash - Large Landscape Book

Through Western Tibet to Mt Kailash & Tsaparang.

I'm Peter Bennion (Mahaprasara), one of the directors of the Silk Road Gallery and in 2014 I travelled through Western Tibet to Mt Kailash & the ruins of the ancient Kingdom of Gu-ge. The photographs & commentary in this book are a record of that journey.

Gu-ge is where Atisha revived Buddhism in Tibet in the 11th Century. It is the location Tholing monastery & the deserted citadel of Tsaparang - places described by Lama Govinda in the Tibet travel classic "The Way of the White Clouds".

The Buddhist art at Tholing & Tsaparang was mostly destroyed in China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960's but this book describes encounters & the journey across Western Tibet, the pilgrimage around Mt Kailash & the remains of the temples of Gu-ge - it is a unique contemporary document of this remote part of Tibet.

I've published the contents, with some small  variations, in different formats. This is the coffee table size book. I keep a small stock & they are available direct from me at the Silk Road Gallery - or from the publishers Blurb.
From Blurb you can also order a PDF.
When you buy direct from Silk Road Gallery you will get a signed copy at a discounted price plus 5 free postcards of images from Tibet or Ladakh (Little Tibet).

On the links below you can view low resolution previews, order PDF's & order print books from Blurb. Click on the links below for previews and to order from Blurb. I recommend you click to see the previews & then order direct from the Silk Road.

Beyond Kailash Large Landscape (33x28cm) 128 pages of photos & text

Large Landscape 33x28cm hardback book: 130 pages of commentary and photos; over 100 large photos, mostly full colour, over 30 additional photos. £108.